Portable electric light.



Ia' portable lantern light which may be c'0n ter f i "Ehe portable light ofthe present invennurrnp erariale Parmi enrich.,

BERNARD BENEDICT, OF NlEVilv YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO BEACON MINIATURE ELECTRIC CO., INC', OFNEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPOBATION OF NEW YORK.

PORTABLE ELECTRIC LIGHT;

To all whom it may concern Be it known/that I, BERNARD BENEDLCT,

a citiz'en of the United States, and a resi l. dent ofthe Broun, New York, in the-county The invention pertains more particularly to the class of4 portable electric lights com# monly called lanterns, the exterior shell or casing of the article being provided with a suitable handle or suitable handles whereby the lantern may be xconveniently carried.

The object of the invention is to produce veniently manufactured and carried and which shall be reliable in use.'

'-The exterior shell or casing of the light willpreferably bel formed of metal and comprises a body portion to which the handle or handles'will be secured and a hinged upper end portion serving as a cap and carrying the lamp, circuit closer switch and suitable conductors', one leading to the lamp` and the other to the positivepole of the b attion is adapted for use 1n connectionwith an ordinary No. 6 dry cell,`the latter being `a`t its sides and bottom vinclosed by the-'usual pasteboard carton which insulates said portions of the battery from the exterior casin, ,r.`

The invention resides in the novel-construction and'combination of parts hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims, and said invention will be 11nlderstood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanylng drawings, 1n which Figure l is a perspective view of' a port- I able electric light embodying the invention:

Fig-"2 is a central vertical section,'partly broken away, through the same. said section being taken on the dotted line 2 2 of Fig. 3,.and' Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the same taken on the dotted line 3--3 ot -njthe drawings, 10 designates the exterior tubular shell or casing of the-.light` said shell preferably comprising a body portion 11' anda hinged cover portion 12. Upon the body portion 11 I by preference'secure .rigid handle 13 aud a hinged handle. 0l'. bail 14..v v

Specification of Letters Patent. v

'Patented Jan. 11, 191e.

Application ined 'February 12', 1915. serial No. 7,692.

15 designates the hinge by which. the cover'portion 12 is secured to the body por tion 11 of the general casing, andthis hinge may be utilized as a means for placing the body portion 1l in electrical connection with the cover portion 12.

within uio body portion 1'1 moy to. io!

sorted, from the upper end thereof, a stand-,- ard No. 6 dry cell 16 or other suitable battery and preferably the battery will-about lill' said body portion 11.' The batteryiwll have upon it,r an ordinary carton`17 which will serve to insulate the bottom and sides of thezinc pole of the battery from the eX-.

andcomposed of members 19, 20, the member 20 being.v adapted to extend upwardly into and bear against the inner surface oi the cover 12, and the member 19 being bifurcated and adapted to straddle abinding post or screw 2l upon which is placed a nut 22 serving to bind said-member 19 downwardly against a metal washer 23- connected with-4 the zinc pole of the battery. The members v19, 20 serve as eiiicient means forelectrically connecting the cover 12 with the zinc pole ofv th'e battery. but it is to be understood that I do not limit my invention to the employment of the member 20 since with the member 19 hinged to the body 11, and the bodyll secured by a hinge to the cover 12, there will be an electrical connection,

without the member 20. between the zinc.

layer or disk '2l' is formed with a segmental slot 27 coinciding with a corresponding' slot 2S 'formed iu the top of the over 12.A vWithiu the layer or disk 25 is ftirm'ed a segmental opening 2f. aud upon the layer or disk 26 is secured va switch arm 30, which has a Stein 3l projected upwardly through the segmental slot 27 in the layer 24C and the slot 28 in the top of the cover l2. The arm 30 is pivotally secured at one. end by a screw 32, and this screw extends downwardly through the lower layer or disk 26 and receives one metallic end of a conductor 33, a nut serving to bind said metallic end of the conductor upon the screw32, as shown in Fig. 2. The other end of theconductor 33 is connected with one terminal of the lamp 34:. In the recess 29 of the disk or layer 25 is an exposed head ot' a screw 35, said screw eX- tending downwardly through the layer or disk 26 and having connected with it the metal terminal at one end ot vthe conductor 3G, a nut, as shown -in Fig. 2, serving to bind said terminal upon said screw 35. The other by a screw 37 and nut 38 with the carbon pole of the' battery. .Vhen the switch arm 3() is away from the vscrew' or in the position shown in Fig. 3, the circuit will be open, there then being no electrical connection between the conductors 33, 36, but when by means of the exposed pin 31 the arm 30 is turned on the screw 32 until its outer end is upon the screw 35, the circuit 'will be closed,

since-at that time the switch arm will serve as a conductor connectingl the screws 32, 35 ot' the conductors 33, 36. The threaded lamp socket is screwed "within a threaded sleeve 39 of a .refiector 40, and said sleeve is screwed within a semi-sliihcrical shell 4l, which isV fastened to the cover l2 and not only receives the reflector and lamp bulb, but also, at its ontei end, a lens 42 which is held in place by asuitably threaded ring 4-3. )ne terminal of the'lamp is in electrical connection with the conductor 33 and the other terminal of the lamp is in electrical connection with the cover 12, which, as has been explained, is electricallyconnected with the zinc pole of the battery. 'When the switch arm 30 is -turned to .connect the screws 32,' and thereby the conductors 33, 3G, the circuit is from/the carbon pole of the batterythrough the conductor 36,

switch arm 3() and conductor 33 to one terminal of the lamp, .and thence from the other terminal of thc lamp through the metal Vcover l2 and conducting members-20, l!) to the zinc pole of the battery. The circuit may be completed, therefore, simply by turning the switch arm 30 to connect the screws 32, and broken by reversing the movement ot the switch arm when restoring' it to its .normal inoperative position shown in Fig. 3. I

The lamp of my invention is comparatively inexpensive of n'lanutacture and reliable in operation and adapted to receivedry cells ot' commercial character, the battery being retained in the body portion l1 ot' the exterior casing and held agalnst shdend ot the conductor 3G is connecteding movement by the plate 19 projectingl laterally over the same from the upper edge -of said body 'and held down uponthe batspectively electrically connected with the other terminal of the lamp and the carbon pole of the battery, and a circuit closer carried by said cover-portion'and manually Yop'- erable to connect said contact parts, for completing the circuit, said cover-portion being hinged to said body-portion and said bodyportion having a hinged plate to engage the negative polecontact of the battery. L

In a portable electric light an exterior casing having a body-portion and a coverportion carrying the lamp, one terminal of which is in electrical Vconnection With said cover-portion, a battery within said bodyportion and normally out of circuit and having exposed pole contacts, means electrically connecting the negative pole contact of the battery with said cover-portions, contact parts carried by and insulated from said cover-portion and from each other and respectively electrically connected with the other terminal ot' the lamp and the carbon pole of the battery, and a circuit closer carried by said cover-portion and manually operable to connect said contact parts, for completing the circuit, said cover-portion being hinged to said body-portion and said bodyportion having a hinged right-angular plate one member of which is engaged with the negative pole contact of the battery and the other member of which is engaged with said cover-portion.

3. In a portable electric light an exterior casing having a body-portion and a coverportion carrying the lamp, one terminal of which is in electrical connection with said f other terminal otthe lamp and the/carbon 'pole of the battery, and a circuit closer carried by said cover-portion and manually operable to connect said contact parts, for comniet/,eve v pleting the' circuit, the means insulating'saidv therein hensing the circuit-closer and. the

outer layer corresponV gly slotted to expose ani/igerpiece on the circuit-closer.

4. ln a portablelelectric light an exterior casing having a body-portion and a coyerportion carrying the lamp, one terminal ot which is in electricalconnection With saidl cover-portion, a battery Within said bodyportionand normally out of circuit and haring exposed pole contacts, means electrically connecting the negative pole contact of the battery with said cover-portion, Contact parts carried by and insulated -from said cover-portion and from eachother and re spectively electrically' connected with the other terminal of the lamp and the carbon pole of the battery, and a circuit closer can ried by said cover-portion and manually eperable to connect said contact parts, for com pleting the circuit, the means insulating said contact parts from said cover-portion coinprising. three layers of insulating material secured to one another and to the top of said cover-portion, the inner one of said layers having said Contact parts secured to it, the next inner layer having a recess or opening therein housing the circuit-closer and the outer layer and the top of the cover being correspondingly slotted to expose a finger piece on the circuit-closer, and said circuit and the tcp ci the cover being.

closer being an arm pivotally connected with one oi' said contact parts and adapted to be turned to engage the other of said parts.

5. ln a portable electric light an exterior casing having a body-portion and a coverportion hinged thereto carrying the lamp, one terminal of which is in electrical connection'vvith said cover-portion, a battery within said body-portion and normally out ett circuit and having exposed pole contacts one of which iselectrically connected, with said cover-portion, contact parts carried by and insulated from said cover section and trom each other, a conductor connecting one oit said. parts with the other terminal of the lamp, conductor connecting the other of said parts with the other exposed pole contact of the battery, and a circuit closer carried by lsaid cover-portion and manually o'perable to connect said contact parts, for com-v pleting the circuit, the means insulating said contact parts from said cover-portionA comprising three layers of insulating material secured to one another and to the top of said ccreihportion, the inner one of said layers haring said contact parts secured to it, the next inner layers having a recess or opening therein housing the circuit-closer and the outer layer and the top of the cover being correspondingly slotted to expose a vfinger piece on the circuit closer.

Signed at New York city, in the county ott New York .and State of New York, this 9th day' of February, A.' D. 1915.

BERNARD BENEDICT.

lWitnesses z nn'rHUR MARION, UnAs. C. GrLL. 

